The research in my research group focuses on the numerical exploration of routes to design novel, self-assembling structures and materials. In particular, I am interested in the possibilities that bio-molecular recognition and motor action offer to create complex, nano-structured materials.
The main aspects of the research are
- Develop novel Monte Carlo techniques to predict the thermodynamic stability of complex structures (e.g. DNA-coated colloids – fig 1).
- Explore novel dynamical simulation techniques to predict the rate at which novel structures form from a meta-stable parent phase (e.g. crystal nucleation – fig 2).
- Quantify the disorder in granular packings.
- Coarse-grained models for molecular motors.
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Fig.1. Snapshot of condensation of a low-density (left) to high-density (right) system of colloids (shown as red and green spheres) linked by DNA coils (shown as small spheres in left snapshot).
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Fig.2. Heterogeneous crystal nucleation on disordered substrates is facilitated by wetting and capillary condensation.
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Application of lattice-gas cellular automata to the Brownian motion of solids in suspension
AJC LADD, ME COLVIN, D FRENKEL - Physical Review Letters (
1988)
60, 975
(DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.975)
Monte Carlo simulation of carrier number noise spectra in the integral quantum Hall regime
D FRENKEL, AJ KIL, BM VANDERDOEF, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics (
1988)
21, L177
(DOI:
10.1088/0022-3719/21/7/004)
MEASUREMENTS OF THE RATIO OF THE FRANK CONSTANTS FOR SPLAY AND BEND IN NEMATICS CONSISTING OF DISC-LIKE MOLECULES - 2,3,6,7,10,11-HEXAKIS(PARA-ALKOXYBENZOYLOXY)TRIPHENYLENES
TW WARMERDAM, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - Liquid Crystals (
1988)
3, 369
(DOI:
10.1080/02678298808086383)
Dynamic light scattering near the isotropic-blue phase transition of cholesteryl-oleylcarbonate
A BOTTGER, L NIESSEN, J COELINGH, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - Liquid Crystals (
1988)
3, 337
(DOI:
10.1080/02678298808086379)
Calculation of liquid-crystal Frank constants by computer simulation
MP ALLEN, D FRENKEL - Physical Review A (
1988)
37, 1813
(DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.37.1813)
Observation of a re-entrant isotropic phase in a pure disc-like liquid crystal
T WARMERDAM, D FRENKEL, RJJ ZIJLSTRA - Liquid Crystals (
1988)
3, 149
(DOI:
10.1080/02678298808086360)
EVIDENCE FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL ORDER IN A SYSTEM OF HARD PARALLEL SPHEROCYLINDERS
A STROOBANTS, HNW LEKKERKERKER, D FRENKEL - PHYS REV A (
1987)
36, 2929
(DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.36.2929)
ONSAGER SPHEROCYLINDERS REVISITED
D FRENKEL - The Journal of Physical Chemistry (
1987)
91, 4912
(DOI:
10.1021/j100303a008)
ELASTIC-CONSTANTS OF HARD-SPHERE CRYSTALS
D FRENKEL, AJC LADD - Physical Review Letters (
1987)
59, 1169
(DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1169)
DIFFUSION OF BROWNIAN PARTICLES IN THE ISOTROPIC-PHASE OF A NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL
A BOTTGER, D FRENKEL, E VANDERIET, R ZIJLSTRA - Liquid Crystals (
1987)
2, 539
(DOI:
10.1080/02678298708086309)
